2002 Château Gruaud Larose – France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (2/12/2005)Brooding nose with leather, tobacco, jammy fruit, and violets. Very nice! On the palate surpringly accessible, with lots of jammy fruit, leather, black chocolate, sweetish, chewy tannins and a nice but noticeable acidity. I gather this will close down, but it is delicious right now, albeit in a rather international > Read more …

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I drink champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.